The Declaration of Sentiments, also known as the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments,[1] is a document signed in 1848 by 68 women and 32 men, 100 out of some 300 attendees at the first women's rights convention, in Seneca Falls, New York, now known as the Seneca Falls Convention. The principal author of the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments was Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who based it on the form of the United States Declaration of Independence.
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The Declaration of Sentiments of Seneca Falls is the document resulting from the convention held on July 19 and 20, 1848 signed by sixty-eight women and thirty-two men from various political movements and associations of liberal nature and close to the abolitionist circles, led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott to study women's social, civil and religious conditions and rights.
It was Elizabeth Cady Stanton who was in charge of drafting the statement of principles and the resolutions that were finally approved. In her writing, she adopted the form of the Declaration of Independence, with which she managed to load it with a powerful force of conviction and historical significance.
It consists of twelve statements and includes two major sections: the demands to achieve civil citizenship for women and the customs and moral principles that had to change. Eleven of the decisions were unanimously approved and number twelve, which referred to the right to vote, by a small majority.
The Founding Fathers of the United States believed in all of the following except "<span>D. military buildup", since they were generally against the idea of a standing army since they thought it could lead to despotism.</span>
